Changelog

UBC Blogs is now running Version 4.4 of WordPress, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. New features in 4.4 make your site more connected and responsive. Clifford also introduces a new default theme, Twenty Sixteen. Please see the release announcement for more information.

It’s 2015 but Twenty Sixteen is here step into the future. Twenty Sixteen is a modernized take on an ever-popular WordPress layout — the horizontal masthead with an optional right sidebar that works perfectly for blogs and websites. It has custom color options with beautiful default color schemes, a harmonious fluid grid using a mobile-first […]

WordPress 4.2.2 fixes a cross-site scripting vulnerability contained in an HTML file shipped with recent Genericons packages included in the Twenty Fifteen theme as well as a number of popular plugins by removing the file. The release also includes hardening for a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability when using the Visual editor. In addition to the […]

Just in time for term two. UBC Blogs is now running 4.1. Version 4.1 of WordPress, named “Dinah” in honor of jazz singer Dinah Washington, is now running UBC Blogs. New features in WordPress 4.1 help you focus on your writing, and the new default theme lets you show it off in style. More info […]

For those noticing a different CWL login page it is because we have switched to CAS Authentication from Auth2. The big change to end users will be the bypass of the account creation process seen previously and more of a streamlined single sign on like behaviour. If you experience problems please contact blog.support@ubc.ca .

UBC Blogs has been updated to 3.9.1 From WordPress.org : This maintenance release fixes 34 bugs in 3.9, including numerous fixes for multisite networks, customizing widgets while previewing themes, and the updated visual editor. We’ve also made some improvements to the new audio/video playlists feature and made some adjustments to improve performance. For a full […]